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The 21st season kicks off in about two weeks and then, we'll get more of these ratings. Love 'em or hate 'em, I'm gonna post them here anyway.
Last season wasn't exactly fantastic, take a look:
#: Name | viewers (million) | 18-49 rating/share
1: Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes | 9.3 | 4.5/12
2: Lost Verizon | 7.43 | 3.6/9
3: Double, Double Boy in Trouble | 8.9 | 3.9/10
4: Treehouse of Horror XIX | 12.48 | 6.2/15
5: Dangerous Curves | 8.16 | 3.8/10
6: Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words | 8.52 | 3.9/9
7: Mypods and Boomsticks | 8.09 | 3.5/8
8: The Burns and he Bees | 6.19 | 2.9/7
9: Lisa the Drama Queen | 5.75 | 2.7/7
10: Take my Life, Please | 6.82 | 3.2/8
11: How the Test was won | 6.528 | 3.2/8
12: No Loan again, Naturally | 5.99 | 2.8/8
13: Gone Maggie Gone | 6.02 | 2.8/8
14: In the Name of the Grandfather | 6.15 | 3.0/8
15: Wedding for Disaster | 6.617 | 3.1/8
16: Eeny Teeny Maya Moe | 6.503 | 3.1/9
17: The Good, the Sad and the Drugly | 6.58 | 3.1/9
18: Father Knows Worst | 6.002 | 3.0/9
19: Waverly Hills 9021D'oh | 6.66 | 3.2/10
20: Four Great Women and a Manicure | 5.192 | 2.5/8
21: Coming to Homerica | 5.86 | 2.9/8
Averave: 7.12 | 3.4/9
Last season: 7.7 | 3.6/10 (estimated)
So what do you guys think? Will the trend continue or will The Simpsons be able to pull in about the same ratings?
Well, if you ask me, it's all up to Fox. If they promote the show properly, then yes, the show could even improve. If not, we might be able to get the first episode with less than 4 million viewers this year.
Just for those of you who don't know it: The overall viewers don't matter. Wat matters to Fox and the advertisers is the 18-49 demo rating. And in that category, The Simpsons are still pretty good.
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And there's another thing that I sorta forgot last year. The site TvByTheNumbers.com has a list called the "Cancel Index". They compare the 18-49 results of all shows to the overall average of the network and if The Simpsons' result > Fox's result, the show should be safe. If you wanna check it out, go to the second page, you'll find the weekly updated table there somewhere, together with the indexes of the last two years. I update my post on page 2 every Tuesday around 4pm EST. Delays until Wednesday are possible.
And there's another new thing: Disgruntled Goat gave me a helpful advise. This year, I'll update the first post with the new numbers so that you don't have to search the thread for hours to find the results of a certain episode.
And another new thing (yes, I'm finished after this): Ratings of The Simpsons in the rest of the world. We already got the UK covered (thanks to Monty Burns and Bella Drape 'er) and I'll do Germany. If you have access to the TV ratings of your country, feel free to post them here. If you want to see the results in the UK, go to page 2 and scroll down to Monty Burns' regularly updated post or check the thread for new posts. For the German results, check out my post on page 5.
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Ratings of the 21st Season:
#: Episode | original airdate | number of viewers | 18-49 demo result | Overall 18-49 rank of the week (when available)
1: Homer the Whopper | September 27, 2009 | 8.307 | 4.2/12 | #15
2: Bart Getz a 'Z' | October 4, 2009 | 9.375 | 4.4/11 | #12
3: The Great Wife Hope | October 11, 2009 | 7.603 | 3.7/10 | #15
4: Treehouse of Horror XX | October 18, 2009 | 8.691 | 4.1/11 | #10
5: The Devil Wears Nada | November 15, 2009 | 9.131 | 4.3/11 | #11
6: Pranks and Greens | Noverber 22, 2009 | 6.883 | 3.3/8 | #24
7: Rednecks and Broomsticks | November 29, 2009 | 8.875 | 4.2/10 | #12
8: Oh Brother, where Bart Thou | December 13, 2009 | 6.974 | 3.2/8 | #21
9: Thursdays with Abie | January 3, 2010 | 8.552 | 4.0/10 | #7
10: Once Upon a Time in Springfiled | January 10, 2010 | 14.624 | 6.9/17 | #5
11: Million Dollar Maybe | January 31, 2010 | 4.947 | 2.4/6 | #23
12: Boy Meets Curl | February 14, 2010 | 5.847 | 2.6/7 | not in top 25
13: The Color Yellow | February 21, 2010 | 5.982 | 2.9/8 | #19
14: Postcards from the Wedge | March 14, 2010 | 5.233 | 2.6/8 | not in top 25
15: Stealing First Base | March 21, 2010 | 5.694 | 2.8/8 | #24
16: The Greatest Story ever D'ohed | March 28, 2010 | 5.687| 2.7/8 | not in top 25
17: American History X-cellent | April 11, 2010 | 5.644 | 2.7/8 | #20
18: Chief of Hearts | April 18, 2010 | 5.829 | 2.7/8 | #24
19: The Squirt and the Whale | April 25, 2010 | TBA | TBA |TBA
00: The Simpsons 20 Anniversary Special | January 10, 2010 | 11.429 | 5.5/13 | #6
Season average (so far, including the special): 8.165 | 3.89
Season average (so far, without the special): 7.932 | 3.77
By the way, the "official" numbers don't include the special.
Last season wasn't exactly fantastic, take a look:
#: Name | viewers (million) | 18-49 rating/share
1: Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes | 9.3 | 4.5/12
2: Lost Verizon | 7.43 | 3.6/9
3: Double, Double Boy in Trouble | 8.9 | 3.9/10
4: Treehouse of Horror XIX | 12.48 | 6.2/15
5: Dangerous Curves | 8.16 | 3.8/10
6: Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words | 8.52 | 3.9/9
7: Mypods and Boomsticks | 8.09 | 3.5/8
8: The Burns and he Bees | 6.19 | 2.9/7
9: Lisa the Drama Queen | 5.75 | 2.7/7
10: Take my Life, Please | 6.82 | 3.2/8
11: How the Test was won | 6.528 | 3.2/8
12: No Loan again, Naturally | 5.99 | 2.8/8
13: Gone Maggie Gone | 6.02 | 2.8/8
14: In the Name of the Grandfather | 6.15 | 3.0/8
15: Wedding for Disaster | 6.617 | 3.1/8
16: Eeny Teeny Maya Moe | 6.503 | 3.1/9
17: The Good, the Sad and the Drugly | 6.58 | 3.1/9
18: Father Knows Worst | 6.002 | 3.0/9
19: Waverly Hills 9021D'oh | 6.66 | 3.2/10
20: Four Great Women and a Manicure | 5.192 | 2.5/8
21: Coming to Homerica | 5.86 | 2.9/8
Averave: 7.12 | 3.4/9
Last season: 7.7 | 3.6/10 (estimated)
So what do you guys think? Will the trend continue or will The Simpsons be able to pull in about the same ratings?
Well, if you ask me, it's all up to Fox. If they promote the show properly, then yes, the show could even improve. If not, we might be able to get the first episode with less than 4 million viewers this year.
Just for those of you who don't know it: The overall viewers don't matter. Wat matters to Fox and the advertisers is the 18-49 demo rating. And in that category, The Simpsons are still pretty good.
________________________________________________________________
And there's another thing that I sorta forgot last year. The site TvByTheNumbers.com has a list called the "Cancel Index". They compare the 18-49 results of all shows to the overall average of the network and if The Simpsons' result > Fox's result, the show should be safe. If you wanna check it out, go to the second page, you'll find the weekly updated table there somewhere, together with the indexes of the last two years. I update my post on page 2 every Tuesday around 4pm EST. Delays until Wednesday are possible.
And there's another new thing: Disgruntled Goat gave me a helpful advise. This year, I'll update the first post with the new numbers so that you don't have to search the thread for hours to find the results of a certain episode.
And another new thing (yes, I'm finished after this): Ratings of The Simpsons in the rest of the world. We already got the UK covered (thanks to Monty Burns and Bella Drape 'er) and I'll do Germany. If you have access to the TV ratings of your country, feel free to post them here. If you want to see the results in the UK, go to page 2 and scroll down to Monty Burns' regularly updated post or check the thread for new posts. For the German results, check out my post on page 5.
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Ratings of the 21st Season:
#: Episode | original airdate | number of viewers | 18-49 demo result | Overall 18-49 rank of the week (when available)
1: Homer the Whopper | September 27, 2009 | 8.307 | 4.2/12 | #15
2: Bart Getz a 'Z' | October 4, 2009 | 9.375 | 4.4/11 | #12
3: The Great Wife Hope | October 11, 2009 | 7.603 | 3.7/10 | #15
4: Treehouse of Horror XX | October 18, 2009 | 8.691 | 4.1/11 | #10
5: The Devil Wears Nada | November 15, 2009 | 9.131 | 4.3/11 | #11
6: Pranks and Greens | Noverber 22, 2009 | 6.883 | 3.3/8 | #24
7: Rednecks and Broomsticks | November 29, 2009 | 8.875 | 4.2/10 | #12
8: Oh Brother, where Bart Thou | December 13, 2009 | 6.974 | 3.2/8 | #21
9: Thursdays with Abie | January 3, 2010 | 8.552 | 4.0/10 | #7
10: Once Upon a Time in Springfiled | January 10, 2010 | 14.624 | 6.9/17 | #5
11: Million Dollar Maybe | January 31, 2010 | 4.947 | 2.4/6 | #23
12: Boy Meets Curl | February 14, 2010 | 5.847 | 2.6/7 | not in top 25
13: The Color Yellow | February 21, 2010 | 5.982 | 2.9/8 | #19
14: Postcards from the Wedge | March 14, 2010 | 5.233 | 2.6/8 | not in top 25
15: Stealing First Base | March 21, 2010 | 5.694 | 2.8/8 | #24
16: The Greatest Story ever D'ohed | March 28, 2010 | 5.687| 2.7/8 | not in top 25
17: American History X-cellent | April 11, 2010 | 5.644 | 2.7/8 | #20
18: Chief of Hearts | April 18, 2010 | 5.829 | 2.7/8 | #24
19: The Squirt and the Whale | April 25, 2010 | TBA | TBA |TBA
00: The Simpsons 20 Anniversary Special | January 10, 2010 | 11.429 | 5.5/13 | #6
Season average (so far, including the special): 8.165 | 3.89
Season average (so far, without the special): 7.932 | 3.77
By the way, the "official" numbers don't include the special.
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